Author: Lao Huang Youhe
One day in November 1944, Chen Shiju, commander of Binhai Military Region, and Tang Liang, political commissar, instructed the Military Region Combat Department to formulate a combat plan to attack Ju County county.
30-year-old combat section chief Shi Yichen led the staff to work overtime to build a siege plan.
Ju County, located in the southeast of Shandong, is a hub connecting the two major bases of Binhai and Central Shandong, and has a very important strategic position. There was a Japanese squadron in the city with more than 140 people; there were more than 3,600 puppet troops, half of which were stationed in the city and half guarding the strongholds outside the city.
The fortifications of this county town are very strongly built. The city is centered on the nine buildings in the county middle school, and a small enclosure is built around it, as the last core position to defend.
Mo Zhengmin, the leader of the puppet army stationed in Juxian County, was originally the brigade commander of the Independent Brigade of the 69th Army of Chiang Army. Under the instructions of Chiang Army to "save the country on the curve", he publicly surrendered to the enemy and became a traitor.
Mo Zhengmin
Mo Zhengmin often followed the Japanese army out of the city to "sweep" and rob food everywhere. The local people hated him to the core, calling him a "two ghosts" and cursing him that "the sky hits five thunders, and they will not die well."
But the Japanese did not trust him and only appointed him as the deputy captain of the Ju County Security Brigade, allowing the fat translator who had become a traitor as the captain.
From the brigade commander of Jiang Jun to the deputy captain of the county security brigade, Mo Zhengmin could not bear this gap.
One day, Shi Yichen listened to the report of the inside scouts, and Mo Zhengmin himself said: "I am not a devoted traitor, my ancestors are Chinese!" From Mo Zhengmin's words, it can be seen that he has the idea of finding a way out.
Shi Yichen immediately suggested to the leaders of Chen and Tang: to attack the heart as the best, to cooperate with the inside and outside, and to win Ju County with wisdom.
The head of the military region decided to send the head of the work department of the military region, Gu Fengming, and Gao Xihao, the chief of the combat department of the headquarters, to sneak into Mo Zhengmin's headquarters and carry out efforts to fight for Mo Zhengmin.
There is a staff officer named Gao Xihao in the combat department. He suddenly transferred his job a few months ago. Even the section chief Shi Yichen didn't know what he was assigned to do.
A few months later, Gao Xihao returned to the combat department. He solemnly reported to the section chief Shi Yichen: "I went to be a puppet army for half a year!"
1944 Shi Yichen
"What, have you really been a puppet army?" Shi Yichen asked.
"Yes, it was the task assigned to me by Director Liu Xingyuan and Section Chief Shi Zhen of the Political Department."
"Oh! I understand, you have endured hardships, you have suffered!"
One night, the combat department was quiet, and Shi Yichen listened to Gao Xihao telling the story of him being ordered to be a puppet army in a charcoal brazier:
"Half a year ago, it was decided by the head of the military region that I left the combat department. Director Liu of the Political Department ordered me to go to the enemy-occupied area to carry out the mission. "
" Gu Fengming, the work unit of the Military Region Direct Work Department, was a deputy officer with Mo Zhengmin. When he stood up, the military region leader asked me to invade. "
" My pseudonym is Wang Shanxiang, and I work in the reconnaissance team of the adjutant. In name, I specialize in reconnaissance of the Eighth Route Army's military information. In fact, I take advantage of the opportunity to go out alone to send intelligence. "
" Gu Fengming works as an upper class person and does not often wear military uniforms. When I go out, I wear military uniforms and casual clothes at will. I deal with the Japanese At that time, I often say some Japanese-style Chinese , such as yours, what kind of work? My good people's work! Both sides can understand it. "
Gu Fengming
" Once, I followed the puppet army to the countryside to grab grain, and was ambushed by the independent battalion in Juzhong. We became prisoners. The people beat us with wooden sticks. The soldiers of the independent battalion poked us with butts. The pain was so painful that I thought to myself that the Eighth Route Army treated the prisoners preferentially. How could How about hitting people like this? "
" A platoon leader with a pockmarked face hit me with a belt. He took out his pistol and seemed to be shooting me. I thought to myself, as long as I don't shoot me, I can't reveal my identity. If he really wants to shoot me, I have to explain my true identity to his leader. "
" Fortunately, an instructor came and told us many great reasons, saying that the Chinese should have backbone, not be slaves of the country, not be traitors, and bring glory to the Chinese nation... I let me go."
When Shi Yichen heard this, he said cordially to Staff Gao: "You go to carry out a special task, I feel wronged. You have completed the task assigned by your superiors. "
After more than half a year of meticulous work, the conditions for the Mo Zhengmin uprising have basically been ripe. In order to prevent internal sudden changes, Commander Chen ordered the Mo's troops to launch an armed uprising on time on November 14, and the military district troops entered the city at the same time.
According to the notice of the Military District Command, the Mo's troops lined up in four columns and left the city from the South Gate. The people in front of the team waved the small white flag, and each person had the armband of the "Glorious Uprising" tied on their arms, and 3,500 people walked towards the light...
While Mo Zhengmin led his troops to revolt, the military district troops, with the assistance of the Mo's troops, immediately launched an attack on the small encirclement that was defending the Japanese army.
The battle plan of the siege troops was drafted by Shi Yichen according to the instructions of the head of the military region.
When Mo Zhengmin’s headquarters opened the Ju County, two battalions of the old 6th Regiment of the Binhai Military Region broke into the east gate, and after entering the city, the other battalion broke into the east gate and the northeast corner of the city, and the other battalion broke into the south gate and the area south of the Cross Street.
Shandong Military Region Special Regiment entered from the southwest corner of the city, controlling the western half of the city, and the other battalion was a reserve team.
Juzhong Independent Battalion is a strong local armed force, driving from the northwest of the city into the city, controlling the north gate, and directly monitoring the small encirclement of the Japanese army.
above troops launched an attack at midnight on November 14 , The attack that night did not work.
1html After dusk on 15th, the regiment commanded the 1st Battalion of the Old 6th Regiment to continue attacking the Japanese army's small encirclement. The former was the 686th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. It traced back to the Red Third Army brought by General Peng. It inherited the tradition of the old Red Army, with strong combat power and strong fighting will. It can be said to be the most elite team in the Shandong Military Region.
But this time, the 1st Battalion of the Old 6th Regiment failed in 9 attacks, and was forced to stop the attack due to excessive casualties. At dawn on 16th, the regiment commander once again commanded the rotation of the 2nd Battalion of the Old 6th Regiment and launched 4 attacks The attack was defeated again.
The small siege that the Japanese army was defending was not big, and the Japanese army had only 140 people, but they could not attack three times. Everyone was very regretful! Shi Yichen saw it and was anxious. At noon on the 16th, he went to the front line to observe the enemy's situation in person.
Shi Yichen bent over and came to the charge position of the old 6th Regiment, and observed the enemy's shooting fortifications from the observation hole. Look left and right, the small siege fortifications occupied by the Japanese army is very strong, and it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Seeing the bodies of soldiers under the Japanese army's small siege fortifications, Shi Yichen moved and couldn't help criticizing at the military meeting: "Why did so many soldiers sacrifice? You are doing it recklessly! "
Shi Yichen's captured Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun
regiment commander was also angry at the time of the attack. When he heard that the combat section chief, who was 3 years younger than him, criticized him, he became angry: "Then how do you think you are fighting? "
Shi Yichen was confident - tunnel operation, using internal blasting to open the gap, rush into the small encirclement, and annihilate the Japanese army.
Next, Shi Yichen carefully introduced the situation: Ju County is rich in coal, there are many coal miners, and people and explosives are not a problem. The starting position is not far from the Japanese small encirclement, so it is certain to dig tunnels and blast in a short time.
The regiment commander was convinced by Shi Yichen's reasonable and well-founded analysis and agreed to report to the military region. That afternoon, this suggestion was quickly approved by the head of the military region. The Juzhong County Party Committee mobilized a large number of coal miners to assist in digging the tunnel.
However, the tunnel operation had not yet been dug to the predetermined location, and the Japanese army on the north line reinforced it Under the leadership of the Nagano Brigade Commander, he broke into Ju County at dawn on the 17th.
Shi Yichen has received an order from the military commander to stop the attack and change the strong attack to siege.
Shi Yichen immediately formulated a plan to siege the enemy. The main force of the troops withdraws from standby, and one of the main force cooperates with local armed forces to carry out siege tasks. All roads leading to Ju County and the airport in Ju County will be destroyed; multiple crisscrossing "anti-Japanese ditches" are dug around the city to restrict the Japanese army's mobility.
Juzhong Independent Battalion and the County Public Security Bureau form a small plainclothes team, distributed in places where the enemy is infested, disrupting and clamping, and trapping the enemy in a narrow range of less than 700 square meters.
County Party Committee mobilized the people in the city to quickly leave the city, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and did not leave a grain of rice or a bowl of water for the Japanese army.
The besieged Japanese troops were short of food and water, and they were hard to endure day and night. At least 50 people starved to death in the city alone. In just 12 days, they could not support them.
The Japanese army reinforced by Qingdao and Zhucheng have arrived. Under the command of the Nagano Brigade Commander, the Japanese army guarding the city abandoned the city and fled. From then on, the entire ancient city of Ju County was liberated and the people gained new life.
The second day after the Japanese army escaped from Ju County, Shi Yichen was ordered by Commander Chen to step onto the war horse, led a cavalry squad, and headed straight to Ju County, to investigate the offensive and defensive situation of the enemy and us clearly and carefully.
On the way of the mount being galloping, Shi Yichen said to the squad leader Zhang of the cavalry squad: "We are the first Eighth Route Army to enter Ju County. After entering the city, we must abide by discipline and give the people a good impression. Another task is to carefully observe the fortifications of the enemy, summarize the lessons of our failures, and find ways to deal with the enemy."
After entering the city, Shi Yichen circled several times around the small encirclement that could not be defeated by three attacks. He counted the seven gun holes on the front of the defense facing south, which were the main gun holes for the siege troops.
"Seven gun holes!" Shi Yichen thought for a moment and said to himself. He took out the small book in his exit pocket and carefully recorded the shape of the gun hole: the gun holes are all in the shape of the inner eight. From the outside, the holes are very small, but the inside is very large, which is convenient for maneuvering and conducive to the archer's rotation.
The bunker built by the Japanese army in Shandong, there were exactly 7 shooting holes
. During observation, Shi Yichen entered the short wall and found that there were very few shots on the wall behind the seven perforations , some were shot one or two, some did not.
When he observed several charge paths of the old 6th regiment from the enemy's perforation hole, he saw densely popping points on the wall at the charge exit of the 6th regiment, as if the target paper was being shot while practicing shooting.
Shi Yichen, who has been a combat staff officer, chief of staff, and chief of the combat section for many years, was in a heavy mood. He stood there motionless, looking ahead, not knowing what he was thinking. Many years later, Shi Yichen wrote in his recollection article: After reading
, I immediately felt that people were braver and rushed out of the charge exit, but they could not rush out and rushed out, and only batches of soldiers fell down.
The enemy only has two heavy machine guns and six light machine guns. The siege troops have several times more light and heavy machine guns than the enemy. If one to two machine guns are used to block one gun hole, it is more than enough.
Only by blocking the enemy's gun holes so that their bullets cannot be fired, will the siege soldiers have the chance to blow up the enemy's barbed wire and cross the trenches to attack the small encirclement.
As long as the gap is exploded, the troops rushed forward, threw out a row of grenades , and then the bayonet is red. You are sure to annihilate the enemy. In other words, if you really use firepower to block the enemy's gun hole, don't have three or four attacks, maybe it will be successful in one go.
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